[fptex] Resolved :mktexpk looking for Ghostscript--Long

[ALAN A DUNWELL]

Just an update on the resolution of my problem.

At the suggestions of Fabrice and Jose Carlos Oliveira Santos I removed my 
existing Ghostscript and Ghostview (Oooooold versions) and reinstalled with 
gs6.5 and gv3.6 from
  mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/
Since I was not using gs7.0 I did not yet try adding the environment variable 
GS_LIB as suggested by Prof Brian D Ripley.

Now both gs and gv work from their desktop icons, however this killed gv in 
WinEDT (using the command %$('GSView'); %>"%P\%N.ps") and I have not resolved 
this new problem.

In any case, this did not fix my original problem (see previous below). I 
checked the registry and there was and entry for HKLM\\Software\\AFPL 
Ghostscript\\6.50\\GS_DLL and GS_LIB,  but there was nothing for gsftopk 
specifically althoug one assumes that the GS_LIB entry might work.

I then used Fabrice's suggestion and downloaded the latest gsftopk to the in
ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/fptex/standalone/

and reran texhash. This fixed the original problem and now it builds the fonts. 
Note that there is still no registry entry for gsftopk of any type.

So I am up an running for the network at large. Any suggestions on how to get 
WinEDT to recognize GhostView appreciated.

Thanks to all who responded.
Alan Dunwell


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Date sent:      	Fri, 09 Nov 2001 23:46:42 +0100
From:           	Fabrice Popineau <Fabrice.Popineau@supelec.fr>
Subject:        	Re: [fptex] mktexpk looking for Ghostscript-the whole message
To:             	DUNWELL@jila.colorado.edu
Copies to:      	fptex@tug.org

> * ALAN A DUNWELL <ALAN> writes:
> 
> > I can run ghostscript and ghostview from icons, so I suspect I have
> > some sort of path problem, but I have not been able to unravel
> > it. Do I need to set some configuration for mktexpk or for gsftopk?
> > Any ideas? All thought appreciated.
> 
> Gs should be found through its registry key by gsftopk. If it is not
> the case :
> 
> -  try to upgrade gsftopk to the latest one in
> ftp://ftp.dante.de/pub/fptex/standalone/
> 
> - check that you have some key in your registry :
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\AFPL Ghostscript
> 
> - if the registry key is not there it is strange because it is
> installed by the gsview installer (afaik), so maybe try to reinstall
> gsview.
> 
> - else you can always solve your problem by adding the gswin32c.exe
> directory to your PATH (eventually, you shoulf be able to run the
> gswin32c.exe command from the command prompt).
> 
> Alternatively, if you find annoying that type1 fonts be used instead
> of mf fonts, you can change your dvips config.ps file and comment the
> bsr.map and so on lines.
> 
> Fabrice
> 



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